Halloween Play Dough Kit

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While most schools in our area opt for “Black and Orange Day” instead of celebrating Halloween, it’s really all the kids can talk about! I believe in meeting kids where their interests are, so I like to incorporate some fun Halloween themed activities into our day. This Halloween Classroom Play Dough Kit encourages open-ended Halloween sensory play and is a hit with my kids!

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Enjoy some fun, hands-on sensory play at home or in the classroom with this awesome Halloween play dough kit!

Halloween Play Dough Kit

I have always said that I think Halloween is a great time for kids to work out their fears and also learn more about others by trying on different roles and characters (something that kids really should be encouraged to do year-round).

With spiders, skeletons, rats, and other spooky sights decorating everything from the neighbor’s house to the local coffee shop, encouraging kids to play with replicas of the objects they fear is a great way to make those things less scary and teach children positive ways of handling their fears.

Play Dough Prep

I have a small kit of play dough supplies that I keep in our arts and crafts cupboard so that I can whip up a batch of play dough super quickly without hunting all around for the supplies.

Since our play dough is played with by a large group of kids, I replace it often to prevent the spread of germs.

Our play dough recipes tend to last over a month at home, so if you’re making this for a smaller group you could definitely keep it around longer.

I color our homemade play dough purple to fit the Halloween theme and match these skeletons.

How To Make a Halloween Play Dough Kit

A successful Halloween Play Dough Kit should have a mix of spooky and approachable items so as to not be too intimidating.

While I have some zombie fans in my midst, I opted for a slightly tamer approach to the holiday. If you have older children, you could definitely add spookier or grosser elements to your play dough kit.

In our Halloween Play Dough Kit you will find:

In our Halloween play dough kit we included plastic skeletons, glow in the dark flies, and fun shaped cookie cutters.

Time to Play

With such a fun array of shapes and items, making impressions was a strong theme.

With such a fun array of shapes and items, making impressions was a strong theme like with these skeletons.

Skeletons provide a great opportunity to learn and discuss the different parts of the body, especially with the help of the song, “Dem Bones.”

The skeleton impressions turned out to be so clear and fun.

These flies look super cool in the dark because they glow. They are harder to find, but any toy bug works great!

The kids loved making impressions with the glow in the dark flies too!

A session of play dough fun would not be complete without lots and lots of play dough snakes – which are even more fitting to the Halloween theme!

A session of play dough fun would not be complete without lots and lots of play dough snakes.

I also loved these “jewel-encrusted” leaves that I saw being created.

I also loved these "jewel-encrusted" leaves that I saw being created with the marbles.

This Halloween play dough kit is so versatile and so easy to put together. My kids loved it and it provided tons of sensory fun!

This Halloween play dough kit is so versatile and so easy to put together.

Do you celebrate Halloween in your classroom? How do you encourage children to conquer their fears?

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